Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 39 > Subtitle I > Chapter 1 > Part XIV > Subpart C – Litigation Settlements
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 39 > Subtitle I > Chapter 1 > Part XIV > Subpart C - Litigation Settlements
- Agency: means any state office, department, board, commission, institution, division, officer or other person, or functional group, heretofore existing or hereafter created, that is authorized to exercise, or that does exercise, any functions of the government of the state in the executive branch, but not any governing body or officer of any local government or subdivision of the state, or any parochial officer who exercises functions coterminous with the municipality in which he performs those functions. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:2
- Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.